diff --git a/vespa/deployment.py b/vespa/deployment.py
index 363d79d8..32f4f3ee 100644
--- a/vespa/deployment.py
+++ b/vespa/deployment.py
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ def deploy(
         instance: Optional[str] = "default",
         disk_folder: Optional[str] = None,
         version: Optional[str] = None,
-        max_wait: int = 300,
+        max_wait: int = 1800,
     ) -> Vespa:
         """
         Deploy the given application package as the given instance in the Vespa Cloud dev environment.